The Chamera Hydroelectric Project Stage-I is located on River Ravi in the State of Himachal Pradesh, India. Ravi is a perennial snow fed river with a power generation potential of 2365 MW, of which 1342 MW (including 540 MW of Chamera Stage-I) has been harnessed so far. Completion of Chamera Stage-II will increase this capacity by a further 300MW.

The Chamera Stage I Dam is a concrete arch gravity structure of height 141 m and length 295m. It has an 84 m high surge shaft and 157 m long vertical pressure shaft connecting to an underground Power House through 3 penstocks. The project has an installed capacity of 540 MW (3x180 MW turbines). The reservoir extends 18 km upstream along the River Ravi Basin and 11 km along the River Siul Basin. The surface area of the reservoir is approximately 9.5 sq. km.